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DHCP What DHCP Does
A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server allocates a valid IP
address to a DHCP Client (PC or device) upon request.
❑ The client request is made when the client device starts up
(boots).
❑ The DHCP Server provides the Gateway and DNS addresses to the
client, as well as allocating an IP Address.
❑ The Wireless Router can act as a DHCP server.
❑ Windows 95/98/ME and other non-Server versions of Windows
will act as a DHCP client. This is the default Windows setting for
the TCP/IP network protocol. However, Windows uses the term
Obtain an IP Address automatically instead of “DHCP Client”.
❑ You must NOT have two or more DHCP Servers on the same LAN
segment. (If your LAN does not have other Routers, this means
there must only be one (1) DHCP Server on your LAN.)
DHCP Server
❏ If Enabled, the Wireless Router will allocate IP
Addresses to PCs (DHCP clients) on your LAN
when they start up. The default (and
recommended) value is Enabled.
❏ If you are already using a DHCP Server, this setting
must be Disabled, and the existing DHCP server
must be re-configured to treat the Wireless
Router as the default Gateway. See the following
section for further details.
❏ The Start IP Address and Finish IP Address fields
set the values used by the DHCP server when
allocating IP Addresses to DHCP clients. This
range also determines the number of DHCP
clients supported.
See the following section for further details on using
DHCP.
Buttons
Save Save the data on screen.
Cancel The “Cancel” button will discard any data you have
entered and reload the file from the Wireless Router.